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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-01-22

OTTAWA, ONTARIO, Jan. 2l.-The re-
taliatory measure introduced in the United
States Senate by Senator Gormsn, regard.
Ing the trausit OF goods destined for Can.
ada through the United States, fell like a
bomb in the Government camp at the
Dominion capital. From conversation
with several prominent Government off.
cials it is learned that the course the
Dominion Government Is pursuing in re-
gard to the trans.shipment OF cargoes is
considered to be mcst arbitrary. 1t is
argued at the Fieheries Department that.
II American vessels were permitted to
land their 6sh for shipment by rail to the
United States it would necessitata keep
ing large lot OF vessels and officers to
enforce the customs and fisheries rexula.
tlons. Against this it was pointed out
that there ale only seven ports from which
trans.shipments by rail could be made. A
prominent Conservative stated that in
straining the Interpretation Of the treaty
to It's utmost limit, in waging war against
the American fishermen on every possible
pretext, he believed the Dominion Gov
crnment had yaised up such q feeling
against Canada in tho United States that
all possibility Of fextendinS commercial re-.
lations with that country, or arranging a
reciprocity treaty had been forever killed.
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CUT OFF FROM LAND.
Narrow Escape From Drowning by Il,
nrenking Up OF the Ice.

Narrow Escape From Drowning by the
breaking Up of the Ice.
BUFFALO, N. Y, Jan. 2l.-The greatest
excitement prevailed here late this after.
noon on account Of On ice shove ut this
end Of Lake Erie. The weather until last
night was down to zero, and the ice was
from twelve to eighteen inches thick.
This morning it vas warm and wind Of
tho velocity OF fifty miles IN hour blew
from the south. Tho shove must have
started fully one hundred miles up the
lake. At | o'clock this afternoon the six
hundred or more OF fishermen who went
up the main road on the lake early this
morning found tho ice was fast breaking
up. Before they could got otf, and when
they were ak miles mp the lake. they wero
cut OF by channels Of water. The princi.
pal cake was nearly milenquare. Bu. In
half an hour it began to separate. and at
the end OF en- hour each fisherman was for
himself in tue effort to reach shore. aBy,3
o'clock tho uufortunates reached the
mouth OF the Niagara River, where the
curreutis eight miles an hour, and in less
than no time the cakes were. broken up
into pieces, many OF which wers not over
five or ten feet square. ~ nt2g AZ f..
Every time there was a jsmthe fisher.
men clambered ashore, but scores OF them
were to be seen going down the stream.
The dogs used to draw home fish were
barking, and the men were calling for
help. The life.savinR crew put out with
light skits, and at the government break.
water helped msny to places Of safety.
John Cavanaugh, with bis skif, rescued
seven or eight, aud many others on both
Sides OF the river worked brayely ,uutil az
ter dark set in. There WAS the grestest
c1nsternation on tho Island and the wives
Of she fishermen ran about wringing their
hanLs. Captain Willisms, Of the life saw
ing service, does not think any lives were
lost, but some OF thu men who were seen
this evening were fearful that certain OF
their comrsdes came down the river after
n!ghtiall and were lost "a large number
landed above Stoney Point and others at
the land catch. "A man named Halsy was
seen struggling in the water, and it Is
feared he was not able to get out. No
one knows where he lives, so 1t is i'm
possible to investigate, Edward Hiland,
Of the life saving crew, came near losing
his life in rescuing others. Nearly all
the dshermsn los. their dogs and sledges.
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A NOVEL SCHEME
Proposed by Which the Sheriff of Cook
-.--.- w County AInY he IstdIaIl ~ l.

Proposed by Which the Sheriff of Cook
&eEE 'A County May be EoiIed. an
CHICAGO, Jan. 2l.-Au interesting ru.
NOR has bsen ahost here since last night
which seems thus far to have eluded the
Chicago preas. 1t Is to the effect that
Miss Van Z,ndt propose, to marry SPIES
in spite OF all opposition by means OF a
written contract or By proxy. It is said
'has the idea was suggested to Miss Van
IAndt By an attorney whose name is not
given. is probable that Captain Back
has had something to do with the new
plan, and perhaps bis busy brain origin
ated 1t. Under tho marriage lava o;
Illinois the ordinary form Is TO
procure license with consent Of
the parents or guardians If the
peraons are under ago. A Judpe
OF the County Court, Mayor, Clergy.
| man, or magistrate completes thu mar.
riasa. Still there is nothing in the Illinois
law which prevents legal marriage by
msans OF written contract. 1t Is all very
simple. A written contract is prepared
stating the intentions Of the parties TO be-
come man and wife. In this case it will
contain q provision plainly stating that
the parties take this course because no
other is open to them. This will make the
| matter Of intention more definite and con-
clusivo. Tho paper can be signed by Mics
Van Z.ndt in the presence OF ono o. more
wltneasee. It then gcos to Spies by means
OF his attorney, who not only obtains the
signature OF Spies but also becomes the
witness required by law ior a contract. A
prominent Chicago attorney who was
asked for an opinion on the subj ,ct this
morning said: y53:ii ..lg.'grl,,
"All the rumora about complicated
methods OF evsding Sheriff Matsons pre-
h1blt'on OF the marriage are probably
without foundation. There is no difficulty
in tying the part!es together iu such shape
as to require the highes. court in the State
to separate them. There is no doubt that
q contract signed by the parties would
make them man and wife il they lived to-
gather after it was made. II Spies should
be released after such l. contract or agree.
mont was made, and should live with Mics
Van Zantt 1t would be q iultillment Of the
requirements Of the law, and in my opin.
ion they would be IS much man and wiio
as any couple in Cook county. There is
some question es TO the effect Of the
contract il it should not be ratified by
subsf fqurnt living together. II the con
tract ls made and ssigned with witreeses
and Spies ID hung, Miss Van Zandt could
call herself Mrs. Spies, and it is doubtful
If her right to the name could be dis
proved. II Spies had considerable for.
tune and Miss Van tZ,ndt sought to get
her dover, Of course there would be n
fight, aud il shs died and he WAS released
there would be trouble no doubt. l hard
ly think the parties will 20 to such deg.
perste lengths however, but OF course, a
girl who has done SO much that ia pecu.
liar. may do more" .s gs
The family and the attorneys all refuse
to talk about the matter, and it is not
possible to learn how far the matter, has
gone.
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caucus; Major Anderson. Judge Holt,
Capt. Hurry, Of Harrison John J. DaviR,

caucus; Major Anderson, Judge Holt
Capt Hurry, Of Harrison John J. Davlr'
Mesers. Wiucher, Alex. Matthews, John
". Harris, John Preston, Oaborne Orozer
Campbell aud Hereford. OF Monroe Camp.
bell, Of Peasants Amber, Of Parkersburv
Wiley, Of Mason; Bradford, Of Barbour ;
Hop Woods. Of Barbour; Capt. Parsons, oi
Tucker; Scott, Of Tucker; Leland Kettle,
OF Randolph ex-senator Flovd, Hill Mar.
shall, Deyine, Of Taylor,n X. OF L.; Ben
Martin, O'Brien, Of Kanawha, a X. OF L. F.;
Judge Raymond, Judge John Brannon,
George D. Bennett, Joseph Gallaher,
Dehis Okeetle, NJ. T. Frame, John r,
Pierce. Mineral; Charles Williams, Min.
eral; ?. Gano, Doddridge; Or. Lote, Har-
riaon DR.. Bland, Weston; L. A. Bennett,
Alex. Monroe, O. W. Daley, John T.
Coulson, Jefferson; Henry Davenport,
Jefferson, and e1.Judge @. z. T. Moore.
WHAT THEY viii DO NEXT WEDNESDAY.
II those who are on all sides admitted
to balm poaltion to voice with authority
the determination of their respective
elements know whereof they speak, then
1t is perfectly safe to cay that when the
two Houses on next Wednesday meet tho
Republicans will vote as o unit Tor one
or more Republicans, the caucus
Democrats will yoto for Camden and
the enti.monopoly Democrats will
scatter their vote between Raymond,
Lucas, John j.. Davis, J. w Har.
lis, Okey johnson, Governor Wilson and
Col. Chew. There is one feature that
crops out continually. The members OF
tho Legislature who refuse to caucus in.
dignantly, and | believe, with sincerity,
repudiate any idea Of being themselves
candidates. It is perfectly apparent
10 me that Governor Wilson Is giving his
admirers good deal of uueasiness. He
thinks that he ought to be Senator and
that he is the atrongast man to b. put
forward, but this Ia very tender ground
and l doubt whether l could without a
breach Of confidence give tho true inside
OF this matter just at present. Before the
j,int session it will become sufficiently
known to others to justify making public
certain family quarre!s which have come
to me in strict confidence.
There is still good deal Of comment
upon the action OF Nessry. Garden and
Gleason, Of Ohio county, who arrsyed
themselves among Mr.. Camden's most &C.
tive friends. Mr.. B. a. Galligan,
clerk OF tho Board Of Public Works,
OF Wheeling, wrote q strong conf.
dental letter to Mr.. Garden, urging
him to stay out Of CAUCUS, but Mr.. Garden
wont in headlorsmost, notwithstanding.
T.S. Riley leaves for home In the morn
ing. He promised not to clean his shoes
til he gets to Wheeling go gs to show what
Charleston mud really is.
Senator Scott WAS in his seat to-day
much improved. ""r
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Police Fight with Toughs.

Chicago Jan. 2l.-A lively fusillade
frightened the sleeping citizens at Six.
teeDth and States streets about thres
o'clock this morning. Officers styx and
Barrett we're patrolling their beat in that
vicinity when they, came upon four men.
Without a5word or any attempt by the
police to Interfere with them, the quartette
ordered, the officers to stand back, and
drawing revolvers, opened FIRE. This was
returned by tho police, and two Of the
party was bit. A teamster named vii.
liamaon witnessed tho battle from his bed.
room window, says that. he saw one Of the
men drop his pistol arm and run of and
he heard another'groan and hold his hand
to his side and made of. The oflicers
were not wounded, though their clothes
and caps were cut ty the bullets. There
were about fifty shots fred. .g
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THE DoM,NloS 1GovEnNMESr.
Tho secsssion Movement Receives n Hlop
From Mr.. Glalstone,s Pen.

Tho Secession Movement Receives n How
From Mr.. Giadstone's Pen.
.OrrAwA, 0sr, Jan. ol.-The Federal
Government. hitherto apprehsnsiye OF the
results of the approaching election in tho
Maritime Provinces, is jubilant over the
encouragement given tho seceeeion and
repeal movement by Mr.. Gladstone. Fol.
lowing ia an extract from letter written
by the late Prime Minis,er aud addressed
to O. II. Tupper, member Of Parlianan.
for Pictou: ~ 1F' q ltzy5 IA 4 f,T17 :
!. "rhe main point on which he had to
touch wss the question between Great
Britain and the North American colonies.
snd this question was settlsd BY Concession
Of responsible government, but actively
Joined In the endeavors made since 70
maintain measure OF confederation with
due regard to several stages of ripening
colonial oninioas, and I haye read witt
great pleasure tho very conclusive evil
denco you have given, both rs to tho con.
dition and progress o! Nova Scotis, and as
to the solidity OF the large and important
measure which has done 80 much for
British North America and for the solidity
and harmony OF the empire"
In the next House cf Commons there
will be 2l5 representatives, the Northwest
Territories adding four 10 the number. In
the Parliament, outeide OF British Coiuu.
bis, candidates had up to Wednesday baan
sslected by one or the other party in 1856
constituencies, Of whom 12S are Uonse.ya.
tives and 10Y Liberals.
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Mr.. FRANK r. CARTWRIGHT, chairman
Of the Third Party city committee. has ad.
dressed letter to the Wheeling pastors,
reminding them that "two worthy chris
tain gentlemen, JIM. Clouston ior Mayor
and Joseph Jackson for City Sergeant are
before th9 people," adding will you not
from your pulpit on Sunday next urge
YOU, people to consider the subject OF vot.
Ing ss they pray" ,I,
Taere il no. u man in Wheeling who
understands tho situa!ion that cn.ertaius
10. moment the thought that MI. Clous.
ton and Mr.. jackson or either OF then,
can bs elected. Everybody knows that
The yotea cast Tor these gentlemen will
cons mostly from the Republican side.
Certainly they will get no votes from the
friends Of Ssabsight and Porter Smith
Fo: the pastors to. ask their people to
"yois as they pray" will be to ask them
to give indirect but no less substantial aid
and comfort to Ssabright and Smith. The
ISrRLllorScEH indulges the b,lief that
no: many of the praying psopls Of Wheel
ing are praying that way. -- ,."--.
This newspaper would DO very glad to
aee and to assist e movement for the
moral regeneration Of this city. The INTEL.
LlGENcEa has endeavored to do something
in TINT line, and failed OF accomplishing
ths emit in view because! the moral senti-
meat OF the commcnisy did not assert
it,ei. That sentiment for the most part
remained at home and permitted the fight
to take care Of itself.
But ths INTILLlGESCEn is willing to try
again at the right time and in the right
way. Nothing can be done in such enter.
prises without organization, and thss is
lacking in the movement which Mr.. Cart
wright represents. The practica! queation
Is a choice bstwecn ths nominees Of the
Democratic patty and those Of the Rspub.
lican party. II ssabright, Porter Smith
and Thone. are bettor men than Dovsner,
Bennett and Bowers they ought to be
elected, ~ l}a5,ls- lai ~
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: innocent Bystaudsr Gets 1t.

Il New YoRK, Jan. 2l.-Policsman Charles
.. Adams was taking some prisoners at
noon from the Tombs police court to the
prison below. Al They passed tbs door
leading 70 the street. The door was open,
One OF the prisoners, James Murray, aged
10 years, nlade3a dash for liberty: He
ran down Center street hotly pursued by
the; officer The latter fired two shots,
one missing Murray and the other took
effect in the left breast Of Pontainella
Canale, aged 2l yeare, who was standing
in 'front.' OF his fathers drug store. "pm
shot," moaned the young fellow, falling
heavily. He was taken to Chambers
Street Hospital, where he died soon after.
ward. The bulletstruck him three inches
above the heart. The fugitive, Murray,
escaped in the excitement, as did another
prieonerS, named Thomas Dean. - The
policeman is one OF the best men on the
force. Murray had been held charged
with burglary, mSlG 49, ~ /,
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WASHINGTON VIEWS


On tho Deadlock ut Chnrleston-Where MIR.
Cnniden's Friends Numbered.
speeia! Ditpa.ch to The In,tliiqeneer. e
WASHINGTON, D. O., Jan. 2l.-The Sen.
a!orial contest at the West Virginia State
capitol is attracting considerable attention
in Washington political circles, and the
result is looked for with increasing inter.
est by leading men OF both parties in Con.
grsss. sro.a
Prominent friends Of Camden from other
States, as we'll US West Virginia, express
the belief that his managers have made a
fata! mistake in forcing the caucus. They
say the Camden men hsve thus shown
their strength and forced the issue upon
recalcitrants. II the latter stand firm, OF
course Camden can only be elected with
Republican assistance. -y4"1
w, SOME SOLID TRUTHS.
Said one prominent Democrat to-day
II am afraid Ca,nden's own friends have
defeated him. They have declared him
to be the regular nominee Of their party
and no Republican can now consistently
give his vote to regular Democratic eau.
cus nominee. He should not have drawn
party lines, but submitted his claims to
the open session. He would then have
stood on an equal footing with other indie
pendents, aud there being no show for a
Republican Senator, be would have stood
as Soud q chance Of receiving Republican
ballots as any other Democrat. As 1t Is
now an independent Democrat will have
the advantage. It is evident" he con-
tinued, "that the anti-Camden Democrats
ere resolved to hold out until Camden,
seeing he can get no Republican votes, ia
forced to withdraw and designate COM
promise man on whom the whole party
can unite. This is all that can save the
organization from total wreck. The sue.
cess OF either faction now, with Republi-
oan assistance would be disastrous to the
Democratic party. It is therefore Of little
consequence to Republicans which OF the
two fsctious they assist 30 far as the effect
ia concerned. They will profit by the
election Of either Camden or the candidate
Of his opponents. ..+.4.-.-. n....
at only remains Tor them to choose the
one whom they can vote for with the
least sacrifice Of their political principle.
Tho object Of tho anti-Camden men is EVIL
IDENTIFY to torce him to withdraw go that
the entire party can unite on a compro-
mise msu. This would savs the party in
'8S and Republicans ought to precipitate
the election before this can be done. /
don't think Camden will Withdraw, as he
counts on Republican votes. regret the
state OF affairs, for / did not want to see
tho Republicans get the sdvantage they
now seem to have"
Tsnea Mo,rnn ora mauto,,sS oIu smanG an
those who arc likely to receive the united
support in the end. So many leading
men are identified with either one faction
or the other that it would be difficult to
find an ayailabIa man.
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They VIII Ride Slcila.

BosroN, Jan. 2l.-shortly after 0 o'clock
last night eight persons coasting on a
double.runner, on Ashmont street, Dor.
chester, ran into 4 ionr.horse barge sleigh
containing sleishing party from Hyde
Park. The double.runner was reduced to
kindling wood and all Of the coasters were
seriously injured Thomas W. Halliday.
aged "A, living ut Granite bridge, sustain.
cd a fracture Of both bones Of his left leg,
fracture Of both bones OF his left aru
and bone Of his right arm, also laceratins
h's right hsud. Horny Stewart, living on
Adams street, Cedar Grove, was injured
on his head and chest, and John O'Brien
OF Milton streets was cut on the head. i,l
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!.WAsulsoToN, Jan. 2l.-The Secretary
Of the Treasury sent to the House to-day
estimates Of deficiencies in the appropria.
tons for salaries and expenses of the Ma.
tional Board OF Health for the present tis.
cal year amounting to $500. In the let
tor accompanying the estimates the Secro.
tary Of the Board earnestly urges the i'm.
por.ance OF making the appropriation re.
quested, but says in Gaze it is deemed un:.
desirable to confns the work which has
for its obi ject the preservation and improve.
ment Of tne health OF the people, the laws
dsvolying -such duties upon the board
should bslrepealed.S,.I o. .lJi 4
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then Rave way 10 the frat of the orators.
Mr.. Thomas Maddox, OF Trenton, who

then Rave way 10 the first Of the orators.
MIR. Thomas Maddox, OF Trenton, who
was introduced as the Oldest decorator Of
pottery engaged In the business to-day.
Mr. Maddox, q gray.haired gentleman,
with sitvery beard, went q good piece
back to commence bis speech. He de-.
clared that tho first man, being made OF
clay, was q product Of the most noble art
q pottery, and then went on to show how
the art IN this free country was gradually
approaching its original excellence. He
did not claim that the American potters
were able 10 make man, but he thought
they were able 10 make anything else. He
talked senslbly In a business vein Of their
advancing industry, showed o few atatis.
ttcB which astonished everybody except
the practical potters, and then closed, as
every other speaker did, with a tribute to
the American Protectionisss and their fight
for, their policy. s.i,% lgA
|, Ben Butter worth, Of Ohio, who follow.
cd, mado what can best be described as a
"rattling" speech. He acknowledged cur.
prlee and pleasure at the extent OF the in.
dustry and ahowed the potteru their own
figures OF so per cent OF the total con.
sumption OF pottery In the United States
as q clear evidence Of what protection
would do. He said he favored protection,
not for any particular, industry, but as q
system, because American induasries were
90 interwoven and inter. dependent that
the good Of one was the bene6.o OF, all. He
favored protection Of everything in the
country that the country needed. i
Judge Buchanan, Of New Jersey, who
answered the next tonst, talked pretty
strongly against the disposition OF the Ad.
ministratiou TO construe tariff lava In
favor Of importers and against the manu-.
facturers. He congratulated the potion
on the showing they had made Of their
industry's strength, and said that the dc.
velopment Of each new industry like
theirs added another source to the nations
strength. e'"'iS'l''fS sii .ot'i ~. 1'a''ti
Congressman Boutelle spoke in the same
strain, saying that the mama OF Queens.
ware, which indicated Americ IN aspend.
ence on manufacturers under foreign
Queen, was giving way to the crockeIy
aud pottery Of America. lFyF4i4 ~
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BUSINESS BAROMETER.
TIE WEEKLY TRADE REVIEW.
Tho Features Of the Market -1saiiwny Sc
curitica tho Prominent Element. SHOW.
lug OF tho Bauk Clsnrlnss In Various
,,F. sCttius-DuAinoss Notes Df IntsjoAi.

NEw YoRK, Jan. 2l.-R. G. Dun 4
Co.'s weekly review ssys the Southern
railway consolidation ha, been the featur,
Of the speculative markets the past week
In other markets the remarkable indus
trial growth Of the country received tht
most attention. i9aiu, .to6ru. -sl1i,
The clearlnRs outside OF New York arc
the largest ever known for the aeasop
though Boston, Providence, Springfield
and Portland, in the North, and Calves
ton, In the South, fall behind last year
All other cities report gains. Tho apsre.
gate outside Of New York Increased 10,
percent for tho week. aG 5Hs t#5
Railroad earnings thus far In Jauua,y,
show large gains over last year. In d..
cember nine,y.eight roals gained AZ per.
cent, and for the year of 1850 a gain in
earnings OF 9! percent against ~ percent
In mileage. E'." :
The American paper uakors are reioic.
ing 10 large orders, for book papor from
British publishers, The uso Of wood pulp
here having given this country advantage.
Louisiana ground 9, 100000 tons oil cana
last yer averaging 100 pounds OF sugar to
the ton, but Home mills already boast 15O
to l60 pounds. The improvement Ia
needed since Dun's Glasgow estimate is
that the worlds production for lSs6-'S7,
will be 4.063,0 900 toms Of sugar against 4,.
4l4 05l In 1886, but this country consumed
l,o33; ;oo2 tons, only 10000 less than Great
Britain. T7f 1t3}l. 81. ~
The wheat sales Of tho week we're only
lS.0Oo,00O bushels, with decline OF nearly
a cent. Corn aud oats rose quarter Of q
cent each, and oil g., lard l.16; and pork
26c. Bar iron WAS advanced by the East.
ern Association 10 2l0c. Coffee declined
10, sugar l.l8c, bsef about lOcs +,
Fair orders come for common goods,
though many buyers are here. l'r
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LONDON, Jan. 2l.-Henry NJ. Stanley
etarted to-day for Egypt. He goes first to
Brindisi, then 10 Suez. Large nun.
bers Of reporters. and distinguished
peraons gathered at the railway
station to witness SANKEY'S departure.
Stanley last words replying to query
by a reporter were II will return as soon
IS l can. Give my kindest regards to my
friends in America, Belgium and
England" As the train moved out Of
the station Stanley was Justify cheered.